Neal Cassady
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 8, 1926
- Place of birth
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Died
- February 4, 1968
Biography
Neal Cassady was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s.
He served as the model for the character Dean Moriarty in the 1957 version of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road. In many of Kerouac's later books, Cassady is represented by the character Cody Pomeray. Cassady also appeared in Allen Ginsberg's poems, and in several other works of literature by other writers.
Movies with Neal Cassady
- Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place 2011 · ★ 6.8
- Love Always, Carolyn 2011 · ★ 5.8
- The Acid Test 1966 · ★ 9.0
- Cassady in the Backhouse 1972